CN104685627B - Processing flexibility glass substrate - Google Patents

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CN104685627B
CN104685627B CN201380041476.3A CN201380041476A CN104685627B CN 104685627 B CN104685627 B CN 104685627B CN 201380041476 A CN201380041476 A CN 201380041476A CN 104685627 B CN104685627 B CN 104685627B
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Abstract

Provide a kind of method of processing flexibility glass substrate.Methods described includes providing stack of substrates overlapping piece, and it is adhered to the flexible glass substrate of carrier substrate including the use of inorganic bond layer, and the inorganic bond layer is after energy input is received through going through structural change.Energy input is supplied to inorganic bond layer, for triggering structural change.Structural change reduces the bonding strength of inorganic bond layer, for flexible glass substrate to be separated from carrier substrate.

Description

Processing flexibility glass substrate
The application requires the U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 61/ that August in 2012 submits on the 22nd according to 35U.S.C. § 119 691904 priority, herein based on disclosure of which and by reference to it is intactly hereby incorporated by.
Technical field
The present invention relates to the apparatus and method for processing the thin substrate on carrier substrate, it particularly relates to The thin substrate of flexible glass on carrier substrate.
Background
Now, flexible plastic film is frequently utilized for and PV, OLED, LCDs, touch sensor, flexible electronic and patterned film In the related flexible electronic device of transistor (TFT) application.
Compared with flexiplast technology, flexible glass substrate provides multiple technologies advantage.A kind of technical advantage is glass energy As moisture and barrier layer for gases, it is the principal degradation mechanism in OLED display, OLED illuminations and organic photovoltaic devices.The Two technical advantages are that it packs substrate layers by reducing or eliminating one or more, and it is (thick potentially to reduce overall package size Degree) and weight.The gas advantage of flexible glass substrate is included in optical transmittance, dimensional stability, thermal capacitance and surface quality side The benefit in face.
Because electronic display industry needs thinner/flexible glass substrate (being less than 0.3 millimeters thick), panel manufacturers face Face many challenges and adapt to thinner/flexible glass substrate to process.A kind of selection is to process thicker glass plate, then etches or throws The light panel is to the thinner net thickness of totality.This makes it possible to be manufactured with the existing panel based on 0.3 millimeters thick or thicker substrate Infrastructure, but fine grinding cost when adding process finishing and ground reduce yield.Second method be transform again it is existing Panel process be used for thinner substrate.Glass loss in technique is main puzzlement, and needs substantial contribution by base Refining losses in plate-p- plate technique of non-supported flexible glass substrate is preferably minimized.The third method be using volume- P- volume technology is used for thin flexible glass substrate based on the technology that roller is processed.
This area is it is desirable that a kind of carrier method, and it is using manufacturer based on 0.3 millimeter or thicker of rigid substrate Existing fund infrastructure, and make it possible to process thin, the flexible glass substrate i.e. thickness of glass no more than about 0.3 millimeter It is thick.
General introduction
Idea of the invention is directed to use with inorganic bond layer and thin plate such as flexible glass substrate is adhered into carrier substrate, The inorganic bond layer changes structure after energy input such as heat energy is received.The bonding that structural change reduces inorganic bond layer is strong Degree, for flexible glass substrate to be separated from carrier substrate.
One of commercial advantages of method of the present invention are that manufacturer existing can be provided using them in process equipment Gold input, while obtain and be used for such as PV, OLED, LCDs, touch sensor, flexible electronic and patterned film transistor (TFT) benefit of the thin glass plate of electronics.
According in a first aspect, a kind of method of processing flexibility glass substrate includes:
Stack of substrates overlapping piece is provided, it is adhered to the flexible glass substrate of carrier substrate including the use of inorganic bond layer, the nothing Machine adhesive layer recurring structure after energy input is received changes;And
It is supplied to inorganic bond layer to be used to trigger structural change energy input, this structural change reduces inorganic bond layer Bonding strength, for by flexible glass substrate from carrier substrate separate.
According to second aspect, there is provided the method described in first aspect, wherein the energy input is heat energy, methods described Temperature including the jointing material to be heated to at least about 250 DEG C.
According to the third aspect, there is provided the method described in first or second aspect, wherein the energy input is luminous energy, its Cause the jointing material being heated at least about 250 DEG C of temperature.
According to fourth aspect, there is provided the method as any one of first to the third aspect, wherein the inorganic bond Layer includes the inorganic bonding material set along the periphery of flexible glass substrate.
According to the 5th aspect, there is provided the method as any one of first to fourth aspect, wherein using laser general ability Heat the inorganic bond layer in portion.
According to the 6th aspect, there is provided the method as any one of in terms of first to the 5th, wherein the structural change Including crystallization.
According to the 7th aspect, there is provided the method as any one of in terms of first to the 6th, wherein the structural change Porosity including increasing the inorganic bond layer.
According to eighth aspect, there is provided the method as any one of in terms of first to the 7th, wherein the structural change Microfissure including increasing the inorganic bond layer.
According to the 9th aspect, there is provided the method as any one of first to eighth aspect, be additionally included in energy is defeated After entering to be supplied to the inorganic bond layer, flexible glass substrate is removed from carrier substrate.
According to the tenth aspect, there is provided the method as any one of in terms of first to the 9th, in addition to by electric component It is applied to flexible glass substrate.
According to the tenth on the one hand, there is provided the method as any one of in terms of first to the tenth, wherein the flexible glass The thickness of glass substrate is not greater than about 0.3 millimeter.
According to the 12nd aspect, there is provided such as the method any one of the first to the tenth one side, wherein the carrier Substrate includes glass.
According to the 13rd aspect, there is provided the method as any one of in terms of first to the 12nd, wherein the bonding Material includes the one or more in glass, glass ceramics and ceramics.
According to fourteenth aspect, there is provided the method as any one of in terms of first to the 13rd, wherein the bonding Material includes carbon.
According to the 15th aspect, there is provided the method as any one of first to fourteenth aspect, wherein the bonding Material includes silicon.
According to the 16th aspect, there is provided as first to the 15th aspect any one of method, including ought change institute When stating the structure of jointing material, at least part of debindered flexible glass substrate and carrier substrate.
According to the 17th aspect, there is provided the method as any one of in terms of first to the 16th, wherein the energy Input is heat energy, and methods described is including the jointing material to be heated to at least about 250 DEG C of temperature without reducing bonding Intensity.
According to the 18th aspect, there is provided the method as any one of in terms of first to the 17th, wherein the energy Input is luminous energy, and methods described is including the jointing material to be heated to at least about 250 DEG C of temperature without reducing bonding Intensity.
According to the 19th aspect, a kind of method of processing flexibility glass substrate includes:
Carrier substrate with glass support surface is provided;
Flexible glass substrate is provided, it has the first and second wide surfaces;
Using inorganic bond layer, by the glass support table of the first of flexible glass substrate the wide surface bonding to carrier substrate Face;With
The bonding for changing the structure of inorganic bond layer and reducing between the flexible glass substrate and the carrier substrate is strong Degree, for flexible glass substrate to be removed from carrier substrate.
According to the 20th aspect, there is provided the method as described in terms of the 19th, including energy input is supplied to inorganic glue Layer is closed, it is strong for changing the structure of inorganic bond layer and reducing bonding between the flexible glass substrate and carrier substrate Degree.
According to the 20th on the one hand, there is provided the method described in the 20th aspect, wherein the energy input is heat energy, institute State the temperature that method includes for the jointing material being heated at least about 250 DEG C.
According to the 22nd aspect, there is provided the method any one of the 20th or 20 one side, wherein described Energy input is luminous energy, and methods described includes the temperature that the jointing material is heated to at least about 250 DEG C.
According to the 23rd aspect, there is provided the method as any one of in terms of the 19 to the 22nd, wherein making The inorganic bond layer described in laser local heating.
According to twenty-fourth aspect, there is provided the method as any one of in terms of the 19 to the 23rd, wherein making The inorganic bond layer described in flash lamp local heating.
According to the 25th aspect, there is provided such as the method any one of the 19th to twenty-fourth aspect, wherein institute The thickness for stating flexible glass substrate is not greater than about 0.3 millimeter.
According to the 26th aspect, a kind of stack of substrates overlapping piece includes:
Carrier substrate with glass support surface;
Flexible glass substrate, it is supported by the glass support surface of the carrier substrate;With
Inorganic bond layer, the flexible glass substrate is adhered to the carrier substrate by it, and the inorganic bond layer includes Jointing material, the jointing material changes structure and reduces the bonding strength between flexible glass substrate and carrier substrate, for inciting somebody to action Flexible glass substrate removes from carrier substrate.
According to the 27th aspect, there is provided the stack of substrates overlapping piece described in the 26th aspect, wherein the jointing material bag Include carbon.
According to twenty-eighth aspect, there is provided as any one of in terms of the 26th or 27 it is reported that wherein The jointing material includes silicon.
According to the 29th aspect, there is provided the stack of substrates overlapping piece described in the 26th aspect, wherein the jointing material bag Include at least one of glass, glass ceramics and ceramics.
According to the 30th aspect, there is provided the stack of substrates overlapping piece described in the 26th aspect, wherein the jointing material includes Amorphous silicon.
According to the 30th on the one hand, there is provided the stack of substrates overlapping piece as any one of in terms of the 26 to the 30th, Wherein described structural change includes crystallization.
According to the 32nd aspect, there is provided such as the substrate stack any one of the 26th to the 30th one side Part, wherein the thickness of the flexible glass substrate is not greater than about 0.3 millimeter.
The supplementary features and advantage of the present invention, Partial Feature and advantage pair therein are proposed in the following detailed description It is readily appreciated that for those skilled in the art by the content, or by the citing implementation in word description and accompanying drawing and institute Attached claim defines and recognizes the present invention.It should be understood that foregoing general description and the following detailed description are all pair The example of the present invention, understands the property of claimed invention and the overview of characteristic or framework for providing.
Including accompanying drawing provide the principle of the invention further understood, accompanying drawing is incorporated in the present specification and formed Part for specification.Accompanying drawing illustrates one or more embodiments of the present invention, and for using together with specification Bright principle of the invention and operation.It should be understood that the various features of the invention disclosed in the present description and drawings can be with It is applied in combination with any and all.
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Fig. 1 is a kind of side view of embodiment of stack of substrates overlapping piece, and the stack of substrates overlapping piece includes being carried with carrier substrate Flexible glass substrate;
Fig. 2 is the decomposition diagram of the stack of substrates overlapping piece described in Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 shows the embodiment of a kind of method of the flexible glass substrate and stack of substrates overlapping piece shown in manuscript 1;
Fig. 4 is the top view of the embodiment of stack of substrates overlapping piece, and the stack of substrates overlapping piece includes flexible glass substrate and had Different size of carrier substrate;
Fig. 5 is the top view of the another embodiment of stack of substrates overlapping piece, and the stack of substrates overlapping piece includes flexible glass substrate With with different size of carrier substrate;
Fig. 6 is the top view of the embodiment of stack of substrates overlapping piece, and the stack of substrates overlapping piece includes the glass for being applied to carrier surface Adhesive layer on glass support surface;
Fig. 7 is the top view of the another embodiment of stack of substrates overlapping piece, and the stack of substrates overlapping piece includes being applied to carrier table Adhesive layer on the glass support surface in face;
Fig. 8 is the top view of the another embodiment of stack of substrates overlapping piece, and the stack of substrates overlapping piece includes being applied to carrier table Adhesive layer on the glass support surface in face;
Fig. 9 shows the X ray diffracting data of room temperature lower bonding layer;
Figure 10 shows X ray diffracting data of the adhesive layer at 180 DEG C shown in Fig. 9;
Figure 11 shows X ray diffracting data of the adhesive layer at 250 DEG C shown in Fig. 9, shows that adhesive layer crystallinity increases Add;
Figure 12 shows the absorbance of carbon-based adhesive layer;
Figure 13 shows a kind of embodiment of the method for stack of substrates overlapping piece of the processing with amorphous silicon adhesive layer;
Figure 14 A show the process for applying heat energy to adhesive layer by flexible glass substrate;
Figure 14 B show the process for applying heat energy to adhesive layer by carrier substrate;
Figure 15 shows the another embodiment of the method for stack of substrates overlapping piece of the processing with amorphous silicon adhesive layer;
Figure 16 shows the another embodiment of the method for stack of substrates overlapping piece of the processing with amorphous silicon adhesive layer;
Figure 17 is the top view of the embodiment of stack of substrates overlapping piece, and the stack of substrates overlapping piece includes the glass for being applied to carrier surface Adhesive layer on glass support surface;
Figure 18 is the top view for forming the embodiment of the stack of substrates overlapping piece of multiple required parts;With
Figure 19 shows the embodiment of the method from carrier substrate release flexible glass substrate.
Detailed description of the invention
Embodiment as described herein relates in general to processing flexibility glass substrate, is otherwise referred to as equipment base herein Piece.Flexible glass substrate can be a part for stack of substrates overlapping piece, and the stack of substrates overlapping piece generally includes carrier substrate and glued with inorganic Close layer and be connected to its flexible glass substrate.As used herein, term " inorganic material " refer to be not hydrocarbon or derivatives thereof change Compound.Following article institute is described in more detail, and when receiving energy input, adhesive layer undergoes structure change.When adhesive layer receives energy During amount input, the structural change reduces or otherwise changed the bonding strength of adhesive layer so that before energy input Compare, it is easier to separate flexible glass substrate from carrier substrate.
With reference to Fig. 1 and 2, stack of substrates overlapping piece 10 includes carrier substrate 12 and flexible glass substrate 20.Carrier substrate 12 has Glass support surface 14, relative support surface 16 and circumference 18.Flexible glass substrate 20 has the first wide surface 22, relative Second wide surface 24 and circumference 26.Flexible glass substrate 20 can be " ultra-thin ", its thickness 28 be about 0.3mm or smaller including but It is not limited to following thickness:Such as about 0.01-0.05mm, about 0.05-0.1mm, about about 0.1-0.15mm and 0.15-0.3mm.
Flexible glass substrate 20 is adhered to the glass branch of carrier substrate 12 at its first wide surface 22 using adhesive layer 30 Support surface 14.Adhesive layer can be inorganic bond layer, and it includes inorganic bonding material.When carrier substrate 12 and flexible glass substrate 20 When mutually being bonded with adhesive layer 30, the combination thickness 25 of stack of substrates overlapping piece 10 can be equal to and the single phase of flexible glass substrate 20 Than the single glass substrate with increase thickness, it may be adapted to using existing equipment processing infrastructure.Such as if equipment The process equipment of processing infrastructure is designed for 0.7 millimeter of plate, and the thickness 28 of flexible glass substrate 20 is 0.3mm, then The thickness 32 of carrier substrate 12 can be chosen to be to some thickness no more than 0.4 millimeter, such as the thickness depending on adhesive layer 30.
Carrier substrate 12 can be that any appropriate material include such as glass, glass ceramics or ceramics, and can be transparent or Person is opaque.If being made up of glass, carrier substrate 12 can be any appropriate composition include aluminosilicate, borosilicate, Aluminoborosilicate, sodium-calcium-silicate, and depending on its final application may include or do not include alkali metal.The thickness of carrier substrate 12 Degree 32 can be about 0.2-3mm, such as 0.2,0.3,0.4,0.5,0.6,0.65,0.7,1.0,2.0, or 3mm, and may depend on soft The thickness 28 of property glass substrate 20, as described above.In addition, carrier substrate 12 can be made (as shown in the figure) by one layer, or can be by It is bonded together and is made with forming the multilayer of a part for stack of substrates overlapping piece 10 (including multiple thin plates).
Flexible glass substrate 20 can be formed by any appropriate material, including such as glass, glass ceramics or ceramics, and can To be transparent or opaque.If being made up of glass, flexible glass substrate 20 can be that any appropriate composition includes manosil AS Salt, borosilicate, aluminoborosilicate, sodium-calcium-silicate, and depending on its final application may include or do not include alkali metal.It is soft The thickness 28 of property glass substrate 20 can be about 0.3mm or smaller, e.g., from about 0.2mm or smaller, e.g., from about 0.1mm, as described above. As described herein, the size of flexible glass substrate 20 and/or size can it is identical with the size and/or size of carrier substrate 12 or It is different.
With reference to figure 3, an a kind of part of releasable adhesive bonding method 40 as processing flexibility glass substrate 20 is shown. In step 42, carrier substrate 12 and flexible glass are selected based on such as their size, thickness, material and/or final application Substrate 20.Once have selected carrier substrate 12 and flexible glass substrate 20, adhesive layer 30 can be applied to glass branch in step 44 Support one or both of 20 first wide surface 22 of surface 14 and flexible glass substrate.Any suitable method can be used to apply Adhesive layer 30, such as one or more of pressurized applications, for example, by nozzle, sprawl, melt, spin coating is cast, spraying, leaching Stain, vacuum or aerial sediment etc..
In step 46, using adhesive layer 30, flexible glass substrate 20 is adhered to or is otherwise adhered to carrier substrate 12., can be to forming adhesive layer 30 in order to obtain the bonding strength between required flexible glass substrate 20 and carrier substrate 12 Jointing material is heated, cooled down, being mixed with other materials, induced reaction, application pressure.As used herein, term " bonding Intensity " refers to following one or more:Dynamic shear strength, dynamic peel strength, Static Shear Strength, static peel strength And combinations thereof.For example, in separation mode, peel strength is should by be applied to flexible glass substrate and/or carrier substrate Power is come the power of unit width necessary to triggering failure (static state) and/or the special failure rate (dynamic) of maintenance.In shearing mould In formula, shear strength be by be applied to the stress of flexible glass substrate and/or carrier substrate trigger failure (static state) and/or The power of unit width necessary to maintaining special failure rate (dynamic).It is strong that any suitable method can be adopted to measure bonding Degree, including it is any it is suitable peel off and/or shear strength test because the change of bonding strength is to gluing by required energy input Close the front and rear contrast for surveying bonding strength of layer 30.
Step 48 and 50 is related to and discharged from substrate 12 or debindered flexible glass substrate 20, so as to by carrier flexible glass Substrate 20 removes from carrier substrate 12., can before or after carrier flexible glass substrate 20 is removed from carrier substrate 12 For example forming display device (such as LCD, OLED or TFT electronics or other electronic equipments such as touch sensor or photovoltaic device) When processing flexibility glass substrate 20.Such as can be able to be applied to flexible glass substrate 20 second by electronic building brick or filter Wide surface 24 (Fig. 1 and 2).In addition, can be before flexible glass substrate 20 be discharged from carrier substrate 12, by electronic building brick with being somebody's turn to do Flexible glass substrate 20 is assembled or combined.Such as extra film or glass substrate can be laminated to the table of flexible glass substrate 20 Face, or electronic building brick such as flexible circuit or IC can be bonded.Once machined flexible glass substrate, energy input 47 can be applied To adhesive layer 30, this changes the structure of adhesive layer 30 in step 48.As described below, this structural change reduces the viscous of adhesive layer 30 Intensity is closed, to promote to separate flexible glass substrate 20 from carrier substrate 12, compared with before the energy input in step 48. Step 50, flexible glass substrate 20 is removed from carrier substrate 12.Can be for example, by peeling off flexible glass base from carrier substrate 12 Piece 20 or one part realize this extraction.By with angled with the plane P extended by adhesive layer 30, by power F One or two substrate is applied to, to be peeling power.
Carrier substrate and the selection of flexible glass band
Carrier substrate 12 and flexible glass substrate 20 can be formed by identical, similar or different material.In some embodiment party In formula, carrier substrate 12 and flexible glass substrate 20 are formed by glass, glass ceramics or ceramic material.Carrier substrate 12 and flexibility Glass substrate 20 can be formed by identical, similar or different manufacturing process.For example, fusion process (such as glass tube down-drawing) formation is high-quality Thin glass plate is measured, it can be used for various equipment such as flat-panel monitor.When using different materials, it may be necessary to match thermal expansion Coefficient value.When being compared with the glass plate prepared by other methods, the surface of the glass plate prepared in fusion process has excellent Flatness and smoothness.This fusion process is referring to U.S. Patent number 3,338,696 and 3,682,609.Other suitable glass plates Forming method includes float glass process, again drawing process and slot draw.Flexible glass substrate 20 (and/or carrier substrate 12) can also be Include temporary transient or permanent protective coating or other classes in one or two in its first and second wide surfaces 22 and 24 Coating.
One or more of size and/or shapes of carrier substrate 12 and flexible glass substrate 20 be about it is identical and/or It is different.For example, referring briefly to Fig. 4, carrier substrate 12 be shown as having with the identical shape of flexible glass substrate 20, but it is a kind of Or more kind size be more than flexible glass substrate 20.This arrangement allows the perimeter region 52 of carrier substrate 12 to extend outwardly beyond Flexible glass substrate 20, around the circumference 26 of whole or at least one of flexible glass substrate 20.As another example, Fig. 5 Show a kind of embodiment, the wherein shape of flexible glass substrate 20, size is different from carrier substrate 12.This arrangement can be only The part 54 of the circumference 18 of carrier substrate 12 is allowed to extend outwardly through the circumference 26 of flexible glass substrate 20.Although show length It is square and round-shaped, depending on required stack construction, it any suitable shape can be used to include irregular shape.This Outside, the edge of carrier substrate 12 can carry out sphering, fine grinding (finished) and/or grinding to tolerate impact and promote to process.Also Surface characteristics such as groove and/or hole can be provided on carrier substrate 12.Groove, hole and/or other surface characteristics can promote and/ Or suppress jointing material localization and/or adhesion.
The selection and application of adhesive layer
Adhesive layer 30 may include one or more of jointing materials, and it undergoes structure change when receiving energy input.Example Such as, adhesive layer 30 may include inorganic material, and may include material such as glass, glass ceramics, ceramics and carbonaceous material.At some In embodiment, adhesive layer 30 can be made up of the carbon for forming carbon adhesive layer.In some embodiments, adhesive layer 30 can be by forming The silicon composition of si adhesion layer.Various Exemplary adhesive materials are as described below.Any suitable method can be used to apply adhesive layer 30, such as one or more of pressurized applications, for example, by nozzle, sprawl, melt, spin coating is cast, spraying, dipping, vacuum Or aerial sediment etc..
Adhesive layer 30 can be applied with any appropriate pattern and/or shape.With reference to figure 6, adhesive layer 30 is applied to glass The region A of glass support surface 141On, it is at least about 50% area A covered by flexible glass substrate 202, such as substantially All region A2.In some embodiments, A1It may be less than about 50% A2, such as the A no more than about 25%2.Adhesive layer 30 can extend over the periphery of flexible glass substrate 20, or adhesive layer 30 may be housed in flexible glass substrate 20 periphery it It is interior.With reference to figure 7, adhesive layer 30 can be along predefined paths such as region A3It is continuous to apply, region A3Around A2Circumference extension (that is, continuous periphery bonding), leaves the unbonded region R connected with adhesive layer 30.With reference to figure 8, adhesive layer 30 can be by mutual The discrete bonding fragment 60 separated is formed.In the embodiment shown in Fig. 8, discrete bonding fragment is the shape of single lines Formula.Any other suitable shape, such as circle, point, random shapes and variously-shaped combination can be used.
Change the structure of adhesive layer
Energy input is supplied to adhesive layer 30, it changes or for changing the structure of adhesive layer 30.This structural change The bonding strength of adhesive layer 30 is reduced, compared with before energy input, to promote to separate flexible glass substrate from carrier substrate 12 20.Can be by reducing adhesive layer 30 adhesion strength of itself, and/or adhesive layer 30 and/or flexible glass substrate 20 and carrier base Adhesion strength between piece 12, to reduce bonding strength.The species of energy input, depend, at least partially, on institute in adhesive layer 30 Jointing material.It is provided below for providing the jointing material of adhesive layer 30 and the non-limitative example of input energy, but nothing It is intended to limit.These initial embodiments show that adhesive layer 30 crystallizes with input energy, and it reduce the bonding of adhesive layer 30 Intensity.This reduction of bonding strength promotes to separate flexible glass substrate 20 from carrier substrate 12, without damaging flexible glass base Piece 20.
Embodiment 1
Firebrake ZB bismuth (BZB) glass is formed, and is ground to the particle mean size less than 20 microns.BZB glass particles pass through 350 Eye mesh screen, and mixed in ribbon mixer at 100 DEG C with 75 weight % with adhesive.With pipette by the slurry of thermal heat Material is assigned on carrier substrate, and adhesive layer is formed on carrier substrate using scraper (doctor blade).For assessment Purpose, the thickness of adhesive layer is formed as about 25 μm, 75 μm and 125 μm.To be formed by using smaller glass particle size or pass through The deposition process of adhesive layer, smaller thickness can be obtained.After adhesive layer is formed, it undergoes following heating curves:
A. room temperature is to 200 DEG C, 5 DEG C/min.
B.200 DEG C holding 1 hour, burns up adhesive.
C.200 DEG C -400 DEG C, 5 DEG C/min.
D.400 DEG C holding 1 hour.
E. cool down.
X-ray diffraction show bismuth oxide, bismuth borate, zinc oxide and boron oxide adhesive layer crystallization, be at least in part because For the heat heating of BZB glass particles and granularity.This crystallization reduces the bonding strength provided by adhesive layer.
Embodiment 2
By grinding and by 325 eye mesh screens, phosphate glass powder is prepared.Then by phosphate glass powder with 83 weights Amount % mixes with C18 adhesives.Using scraper by the slurry application of heating to substrate, about 25 microns and 75 microns of assessment is prepared Thickness.By using smaller glass particle size or the deposition process by forming adhesive layer, smaller thickness can be obtained.Formed After adhesive layer, it undergoes following heating curves:
A. room temperature is to 200 DEG C, 1 DEG C/min.
B.200 DEG C holding 1 hour.
C.200-400 DEG C, 1 DEG C/min.
D.400 DEG C holding 1 hour.
E. cool down.
X-ray diffraction shows the adhesive layer crystallization of barium monoxide, trbasic zinc phosphate, zinc phosphide, zinc oxide and phosphatization barium zinc, at least portion Ground is divided to be because the heat heating of phosphate glass particle and granularity.This crystallization reduces the bonding strength provided by adhesive layer.
Embodiment 3
Fritter fluorophosphate tin sheet glass is placed in two piecesBoard (the not aluminoborosilicate glass of alkali metal containing Glass) for thickness between 0.7 millimeter of substrate, it can be from the Corning Corp. (Corning Incorporated) in healthy and free from worry New York Purchase.Stack is placed in baking oven, and there is counterweight (weight) to provide bonding force at top.It is bent using 6 kinds of different heat Line determines the temporary adhesion of substrate and debindered.All calorifics heatings to higher temperature are all entered with 5 DEG C/min of speed OK.
1. stack is heated to 150 DEG C of maximum temperature.Phosphate glass melting is not observed or bonds visible Sign.
2. stack is heated to 160 DEG C of maximum temperature.Phosphate glass melting is not observed or bonds visible Sign.
3. stack is heated to 170 DEG C of maximum temperature.- phosphate glass-Bonding is observed between substrate, but does not crystallize sign in adhesive layer significantly.
4. stack is heated to 200 DEG C of maximum temperature.Possible crystallization sign is observed in adhesive layer.
5. stack is heated to 180 DEG C of maximum temperature,- phosphate glass-Bonding is observed between substrate, but does not have visible crystallization sign in adhesive layer.Then stack is heated To 400 DEG C of maximum temperature, observe that crystallization sign, and the mechanical performance of adhesive layer and density change in whole adhesive layer Become.
6. stack is heated to 180 DEG C of maximum temperature,- phosphate glass-Bonding is observed between substrate, but does not have visible crystallization sign in adhesive layer.Then stack is heated To 250 DEG C of maximum temperature, it was observed that crystallizing sign, but the crystallization for being less than and being observed at 400 DEG C is crystallized.Then separateSubstrate.
Above-described embodiment shows that the adhesive layer of inorganic material can be used to be bonded together for glass substrate.In possible manufacture step After rapid, adhesive layer can be heated to the temperature of even more high, to induce the crystallization and/or other structures change in adhesive layer. , can be with the power before changing less than recurring structure in adhesive layer come separation of glasses substrate because this structural change.
Fig. 9,10 and 11 show crystallinity of the adhesive layer 30 of embodiment 3 under higher temperature exposure.Fig. 9 shows firm shape Into phosphate glass adhesive layer, Figure 10 is shown in the phosphate glass adhesive layer at 180 DEG C, and Figure 11 is shown at 250 DEG C Phosphate glass adhesive layer.Compare Fig. 9 and 10, can be observed to exist in newly formed and phosphate glass at 180 DEG C few The crystallization of amount.Figure 11 shows the crystallization that much higher content in the phosphate glass at 250 DEG C be present, it reduce bonding strength, Improve the delamination of flexible glass substrate when applying separating force.This shows that two pieces of substrates can be bonded together, and in thermal process Survive., can be debindered from substrate 12 by flexible glass substrate 30 when adhesive layer 30 crystallizes.
It is noted that for specific equipment Manufacture Process used, the optimization of jointing material should be carried out.Such as a-Si Or p-Si TFT processes, it is about 250 DEG C or higher that it, which manufactures temperature, e.g., from about 350 DEG C or higher, e.g., from about 250 DEG C-about 600 DEG C, the debindered heat exposure of jointing material can be chosen to be to 250 DEG C or higher, such as 350 DEG C or higher, such as 600 DEG C or more Height, to reduce unexpected debindered any possibility.But manufacturing equipment or the heat exposure of other components should be selected For less than the heat exposure that may damage any device electronics or other components.In some embodiments, target is reached During debindered heat exposure, the bonding strength of adhesive layer 30 can be substantially absent from or in the presence of it is a small amount of (for example, less than about 50%, For example, less than about 25%, for example, less than about 10%, for example, less than about 5%, for example, less than about 1%) reduce.Therefore, can be according to not With device fabrication situation optimize debindered material.In addition, the application of energy 47 can be concentrated on to adhesive layer 30 itself.Example Such as, energy source can be optimized, so as to which adhesive layer 30 absorbs most energy 47, this causes in flexible glass substrate 20, carrier base There is lower fuel factor in piece 12 or any mechanical floor in flexible glass substrate 20.
Embodiment 4
For the present embodiment, 80 moles of %SnO and 20 mole of %P have been used2O5Glass binding material composition.Will be a piece of This glass is placed in two pieces of EAGLE(the not aluminium borosilicate glass of alkali metal containing, can be from the healthy and free from worry limited public affairs in healthy and free from worry New York Take charge of (Corning Incorporated) purchase) before sample, it is 5cm x 5cm.Then, various samples experience heat is followed Ring, what is adhered to EAGLE at a temperature of to determine glassAnd what ABR glass crystallize at a temperature of.
Tested as first time, by EAGLEIt is placed in the stack of jointing material in stove, its top has 375 Gram counterweight.Stove is heated to 320 DEG C with 5 DEG C/min of speed, is kept for 1 hour, then cooled down.It was observed that jointing material Melt and be adhered to EAGLESubstrate.Jointing material is still optically transparent.But jointing material is adhered only to two pieces EAGLEOn one piece in substrate, it may be possible to because the mismatch of thermal expansion.For the implementation of reality, bonding material can adjust The CTE of material matches display glass substrate.
As second experiment, the sample stack of above-described embodiment is configured similarly to, then undergoes and is up to 350 DEG C Thermal cycle.This causes jointing material to crystallize, and becomes optical scattering.In this case, jointing material within itself just not It can adhere, EAGLE can be easily separatedGlass.
Show that inorganic bond can be adhered to display glass using these experiments of jointing material, then cause higher At a temperature of crystallize.A kind of exemplary scene portentous can be:
A. at a temperature of higher than structure equipment, display glass substrate is adhered to processing carrier.(320 DEG C, such as);
B. (320 DEG C of <) builds display device at a temperature of less than tack temperature;
C. jointing material is crystallized, reduces the adhesion between substrate glass and carrier.For example, this can be higher than tack temperature At a temperature of carry out (350 DEG C, such as).If the equipment of manufacture can not survive at this temperature, the laser of localization can be used Exposed or other glass for absorbing energy and carrying out differentiation heating bonding;With
D. separated from processing carrier and show glass substrate.
Embodiment 5
SiO is formed using hydrogen silsesquioxane solution such as Fox-25 (being bought from DOW CORNING (Dow-Corning))2 Adhesive layer.In order to manufacture stack, step includes following:
A. 5cm x 5cm are used as glass carrier substrateThickness is 0.7mm.
B. hydrogen silsesquioxane solution spin coating is cast on carrier substrate, speed be the 300rpm times be 15 seconds, with shape Into adhesive layer.For fairly large application, other liquid distribution and film build method can be used.
C. before dry adhesion layer, equipment substrate is applied to adhesive layer.The construction of equipment substrate and carrier substrate It is identical.
D. at room temperature, stack is placed in thermal station, its top has weight agate to provide 100kPa maximum bonding pressure Power.
E. thermal station is heated to 175 DEG C and kept for 5-15 minutes, be then heated to 250 DEG C of holding 5-15.
F. thermal station is cooled to 175 DEG C and kept for 5 minutes.It was observed that bonding strength is by the initial heat for driving away solvent Circulation significantly affects.
The method of embodiment 5 can build high shear strength bonding between carrier substrate and equipment substrate.It was observed that compared with Be difficult to by carrier substrate and equipment substrate each on using two panels adhesive tape apply shearing force, from carrier substrate separation equipment Substrate.But it is easier from carrier substrate separation equipment substrate by applying peeling force.By the way that adhesive layer is heated to surpass 350 DEG C are crossed, can also realize further reduces intensity.
The change of adhesive structure can cause the change in addition to crystallization, such as the stereomutation of induction jointing material, Induce the density of jointing material to change, induce the microfissure within adhesive layer, induce the adhesion of jointing material to fail and increase The etch selectivity of jointing material.Although one or more of above-mentioned jointing materials show adhesive layer crystallization and/or its It, which is crystallized, changes, but other materials can be used to form adhesive layer.For example, carbon containing adhesive layer can be used, releasedly to glue Close flexible glass substrate and carrier substrate.
Embodiment 6
Carbon containing adhesive layer is formed by phenol resin solution.This process has used P-F copolymer, and uses spin coating Casting and curing process construct sample.Procedure of processing includes:
A. the phenol resin solution spin coating of the dilution of 70 weight % resins and 30 weight % deionized waters is cast to carrier On substrate, speed be the 3krpm times be 30 seconds, obtain the adhesive layer no more than 10 micron thickness.
B. at room temperature, the carrier substrate with adhesive layer and equipment substrate placed on it is placed in thermal station.Apply Weight agate, it produces the maximum loading pressure more than 100kPa.
C. thermal station is heated to 150 DEG C, and kept for about 10 minutes, be then cooled back to room temperature.
D. stack is circulated to 400 DEG C under air in a furnace, kept for 1 hour, then cooled down.
Using this process, equipment substrate is adhered to the carrier substrate survived in shearing drawing test, shelled when applying Separated during from power, this is because the carbon adhesive layer that heating leaves afterwards is formed with when heating in adhesive layer at least in part Increased porosity.Equipment substrate and carrier substrate all by(8cm x 12cm) substrate and thickness are 0.7mm Formed.
Other filler tests are carried out to preparing the stack formed according to embodiment 6.By stack in 500 DEG C of stove Circulated 1 hour under air, this causes severe oxidation adhesive layer.This oxidation of carbon adhesive layer, can be used to go from carrier substrate Binding appts substrate.Because the carbon evaporation of oxidation, can be readily removable carbon adhesive layer, it is used to make again to clean carrier substrate With.
Bonding strength between flexible glass substrate 20 and carrier substrate 12 can be reduced by aoxidizing carbon-based adhesive layer.Example Such as in embodiment 5, heating bonding layer 30 can cause oxidation of coal to about 500 DEG C in the presence of oxygen.When ozone be present, carbon bonding The oxidation of layer can occur at a temperature of less than 500 DEG C.In some embodiments, although the equipment substrate assembled completely is added Heat is probably unacceptable to up to 500 DEG C, but laser can be used to be heated to adhesive layer to aoxidize required temperature.
With reference to figure 12, the absorbance of carbon-based adhesive layer 30 is shown.Laser can be used to local heating and aoxidize carbon-based bonding Layer 30 (or any one as described herein or more kind jointing material).Carbon-based adhesive layer 30 can be applied as circumference bonding (figure 7) local heating, carried out with promotion with laser to carbon-based adhesive layer 30, bigger entrance is provided for carbon-based adhesive layer 30, because Its circumference close to flexible glass substrate 20.Figure 12 is shown from the carbon-based of the phenolic resin formation described in example 6 above The absorption spectrum of adhesive layer 30.Understand, absorb in visible ray and the increase of UV spectral regions so that heating bonding material can be used for calorifics Oxidation.Dopant can be added to adhesive layer, to increase the amount of the radiation of absorption.
Laser for aiming at the mainly energy absorption in adhesive layer 30 heats or other heating means, should be by energy Absorption spectrum of the source regulation to adhesive layer.In this case, laser is applied through flexible glass substrate 20 or carrier substrate 12 Or other energy.Flexible glass substrate 20 or carrier substrate 12 can be at least partly transparent to this energy.Most energy Amount is perforated through flexible glass substrate 20 or carrier substrate 12, is then absorbed by adhesive layer 30.In the carbon-based films spectrum shown in Figure 12 In the case of, this can be realized by using red, green, blueness or UV light sources.Laser, LED and flash lamp are examples Light source.Spectrum in Figure 12 shows strong absorption in the wavelength less than 700 nanometers.Compare the suction of typical glass carrier and carbon-based films Receive, be probably maximally effective in the exposure wavelength of 400 nanometer of -550 nanometer range.
As described above, it can be selected for forming the jointing material of adhesive layer 30 based on specific device fabrication scene.For The compatibility of adhesive layer 30 and Si TFT manufacturing process is proved, what is connected as described in Example 4Substrate Following step is carried out on the 8cm x 12cm carrier substrates and equipment substrate of formation.After each step, by attempting bonding In the plane of layer shear strength is tested from carrier substrate pulling apparatus substrate.All stack samples are all surveyed in shear stress Survived in examination, and be easier to peel away after final 400 DEG C of stoves circulation.In order to carry out this assessment, by substrate to offset Configuration is bonded together, to allow the partial substrate not bonded to promote shearing and peel test.The screening process includes:
1. deionized water at room temperature is soaked, N2Rifle dries up, and keeps being completely dried for 5 minutes with 100 DEG C of thermal station.
2. soaked 5 minutes with the photoresist developer of concentration, deionized water elution, N2Rifle dries up, and is dried with 100 DEG C of thermal station 5 minutes.
3. soaked 5 minutes with chromophore etchant, deionized water elution, N2Rifle dries up, and is dried 5 minutes with 100 DEG C of thermal station.
4. soaked 5 minutes with golden etchant, deionized water elution, N2Rifle dries up, and is dried 5 minutes with 100 DEG C of thermal station.
5. soaked 15 minutes with deionized water at 95-100 DEG C, N2Rifle dries up, and is dried 5 minutes with 100 DEG C of thermal station.
6. carrying out stove circulation at 400 DEG C in atmosphere, kept for 1 hour.
Again in other embodiments, adhesive layer 30 can be formed by amorphous silicon, be bonded using anode by flexible glass Substrate 12 is adhered to carrier substrate 20.Amorphous silicon can be deposited on flexible glass substrate 12 and/or carrier substrate 20.It can wear Cross stack of substrates overlapping piece (Fig. 1) and apply electrical bias, cause at the interface of adhesive layer 30, flexible glass substrate 12 and carrier substrate 20 Between formed enriched in oxygen layer, itself and oxidation pasc reaction formed amorphous si adhesion layer, the adhesive layer bonding flexible glass Substrate 12 and carrier substrate 20.To or heat and/or pressure can be used to bond.Such as the pressure in the absence of any application When, if amorphous silicon can be used under than application pressure (for example, more than 700 DEG C) lower temperature (for example, less than 500 DEG C) Flexible glass substrate 12 is adhered to carrier substrate 12.In some embodiments it may be desirable to pressed down using relatively low temperature Make any warpage in flexible glass substrate 20 or it is other potential the defects of, and this lack may be caused at relatively high temperatures Fall into.
As described above, the bonding strength of the adhesive layer 30 formed by amorphous silicon by energy input, can be reduced.It is supplied to The energy of adhesive layer 30 can cause amorphous silicon to be transformed into polysilicon or metal structure, using the material characteristics of transformation come from carrier The debindered flexible glass substrate 20 of substrate 12.
With reference to figure 13, laser 200 can provide laser beam 202, and it, which is used to heat, is formed by amorphous silicon and bond flexibility The adhesive layer 30 of glass substrate 12 and carrier substrate 20.Using the laser crystallization of high intensity laser pulse, available for will be without fixed Shape silicon is heated to more than its fusing point.In some cases, it can be possible to partly melt bonded layer 30 is only needed, for example, bonding Layer 30 and the interface between flexible glass substrate 20 and/or carrier substrate 20.The silicon of melting will then crystallize in cooling, change The pattern 204 of adhesive layer 30, this can promote flexible glass substrate 12.In some embodiments, the pattern 204 of adhesive layer 30 can Cause the region of stress and expansion in adhesive layer 30, this can promote to separate flexible glass substrate 20 from carrier substrate 12.
Any suitable laser energy can be used for melting and/or ablation silicon.As a kind of example, for HeNe laser 633nm, energy density are less than 0.8J cm-2Shi Keneng can not molten silicon surface, but energy density is more than 2J cm-2When, it can occur The laser ablation of silicon.Laser pulse interval was 20 nanoseconds and energy density is 1.6J cm-2When, it is sufficient to molten silicon surface is without sending out Raw burn is lost.Because the high-selenium corn of silicon, other suitable laser include UV laser.It is such as close for XeCl laser 308nm, energy Degree is about 2-52J cm-230 nanosecond pulses can be used for ablation silicon.As another example, for ArF laser, energy density is more than 1J cm-212 nanosecond pulses can be used for ablation silicon.Laser beam can be supplied to adhesive layer 30 by following:Through carrier substrate 12 (Figure 14 A), through flexible glass substrate 20 (Figure 14 B) and/or between carrier substrate 12 and flexible glass substrate 20 (i.e., From side).
With reference to figure 15, laser 200 can provide laser beam 202, and it is used for the amorphous silicon of ablation adhesive layer 30.Pass through profit With energy density more than silicon ablation threshold, adhesive layer 30 or its at least a portion can reduce into powder residue 205, thus promote Enter from carrier substrate 20 and remove flexible glass substrate 12.The speed and the speed of the removal of flexible glass substrate 12 that silicon can be ablated, Depend, at least partially, on laser energy density, pulse frequency and sweep speed.In order to faster sweep speed, increase Energy density and pulse frequency.By laser close to silicon and the interface aggregates of flexible glass substrate 12, can promote more effectively to remove Flexible glass substrate 12.
, in some embodiments, can be in the amorphous silicon melting of adhesive layer 30, by flexible glass substrate with reference to figure 16 12 separate from carrier substrate 20 (with shown in Figure 13 after polysilicon structure is formed it is opposite).Use laser 202 and laser Beam 204, the melting of amorphous silicon structure locally reduce bonding strength, and this allows in the melting peel separation flexibility glass of position 206 Glass substrate 12.When silicon cools down, polysilicon layer 208 still retains.
Discharge flexible glass substrate
Any appropriate method can be used to discharge flexible glass substrate 20 from carrier substrate 12.As an example, because For overall tensile-compression medial axis change in the shaping of the final equipment using flexible glass substrate 20, can be used for The stress of delamination.Such as laminating flat can be placed in first together with bonding flexible glass substrate 20 and carrier substrate 12 close Stress medial axis.When bonding is close to medial axis, mechanical stretching stress is minimum.When equipment assembles and flexible glass completely Glass substrate 20 is adhered to carrier substrate 12, thereby increases and it is possible to which when having cover-plate glass, stress medial axis alterable, this can significantly increase Stretching and bending stress along laminating flat, cause at least some delaminations.Also can be used any number of equipment such as skid plate, Laser, knife, cutting wheel, corrosive agent trigger and/or complete delamination, and/or can remove flexible glass substrate manually.
Referring now to Figure 17, show that a kind of Exemplary adhesive layer 30 applies pattern, wherein by glass substrate 20 respectively or Cut into multiple fragments, sometimes referred to as unit.Figure 17 shows the top view of stack 100, and it includes as described above viscous Close the flexible glass substrate 20 of carrier substrate 12.Adhesive layer (can be used region A1Represent) can be applied in it is whole (or less than whole It is individual) on the footprint of flexible glass substrate 20, it is located on the glass support surface 14 of carrier substrate 12.In illustrated embodiment In, flexible glass substrate 20 is subdivided into unit 102 and (also uses A2Represent) it is used to be processed further, it has periphery 104. By applying adhesive layer A below unit 1021, can minimize or prevent process fluid from leaking into by unit 102 The region of restriction, this leakage may pollute follow-up processing or may prematurely (or it are at least by flexible glass substrate 20 A part) separated from carrier substrate 12.
, can be by polylith flexible glass substrate 20 although being shown as 1 piece of flexible glass substrate 20 is adhered to carrier substrate 12 It is adhered to one piece of carrier substrate 12 or polylith carrier substrate 12.In this case, can simultaneously or in an appropriate order mode will Carrier substrate 12 and flexible glass substrate 20 separate.
, can be by any number of unit 102 and any number of miscellaneous equipment unit by peripherally 104 cuttings 102 separation.Exhaust can be provided to reduce any expansion or the other detrimental effects in flexible glass substrate 20.Laser can be used Or other cutting equipments cut individual equipment unit 102 from flexible glass band 20.In addition, it can so perform cutting so that only cut Cut or scribing flexible glass substrate 20, without cut vector substrate 12 to make it possible to reuse carrier substrate 12.It can be used Etching and/or any other clean method remove any residue that adhesive layer 30 leaves.Etching can be additionally used in help will be soft Property glass substrate 20 removes from carrier substrate 12.
With reference to figure 18, it is shown that for by the unit 140 of flexible glass substrate 20 from the side that carrier substrate 12 removes The embodiment of method, such as, other required structures that the unit has electronic device 145 or is formed on.Arbitrary number Unit 140 can be made up of the flexible glass substrate 20 for being adhered to carrier substrate, it is big depending on flexible glass substrate 20 The small and size of unit 140.Such as flexible glass substrate can be for 2 generation sizes or bigger, such as, 3 generations, 4 generations, 5 generations, 8 generations It is or bigger (such as plate size is 100mm x 100mm to 3 meters of 3 meters or bigger of x).In order to allow user to carry out decision device unit 140 arrangement-for example for the size of unit 140, number and shape-people are want from being adhered to carrier substrate 12 Prepared by flexible glass substrate 20, flexible glass substrate 20 can be provided as illustrated in fig. 14.Specifically, there is provided a kind of substrate Stack 10, it includes flexible glass substrate 20 and carrier substrate 12.Flexible glass substrate 20 is adhered in the region 142 of bonding Carrier substrate 12, the region 142 of the bonding is around unbonded region 144.
The region 142 of bonding is arranged on the periphery of flexible glass substrate 20, entirely around unbonded region 144.It is this The region 142 continuously bonded can be used to seal flexible glass substrate 20 and carrier substrate 12 on the periphery of flexible glass substrate 20 Between any gap, from without retain process fluid, the process fluid otherwise retained may pollute transmission stack of substrates overlapping piece The 10 follow-up processes passed through.But in other embodiments, the region of discrete bonding can be used.
CO can be used2Laser beam is come the periphery 146 of part 140 needed for cutting.CO2Laser makes it possible to integral cutting (100% Thickness) flexible glass substrate 20.For CO2Laser cutting, laser beam is gathered into the small of the surface 24 of flexible glass substrate 20 The circular harness shape of diameter, and moved along required track, and can have coolant jet below.Such as coolant jet can be Air nozzle, compressed air stream is delivered on the surface of thin plate by it by small diameter bore.Water also can be used or use empty solution-air Body mist.Once the periphery 146 of cutting equipment unit 140, unit 140 can be gone from remaining flexible glass substrate 20 Remove.Then, energy input can be applied to adhesive layer 30, it changes the structure of adhesive layer 30.This structural change reduces bonding The bonding strength of layer 30, to promote to separate remaining flexible glass substrate 20 from carrier substrate 12.
With reference to figure 19, a kind of embodiment for the method for discharging flexible glass substrate 20 from carrier substrate 12 is shown. Once flexible glass substrate 20 is processed into including required equipment 150 (such as LCD, OLED or TFT electronic devices) and example Such as, unit 140 is eliminated, just by remaining flexible glass substrate 20 (or monoblock flexible glass substrate 20) from carrier substrate 12 releases.In the present embodiment, adhesive layer 30 is formed as periphery bonding 152, forms the region 154 of bonding and unbonded Region 156.Laser beam 160 (such as wavelength is about 400nm-750nm) is oriented to flexible glass substrate 162 and carried by laser 158 Between body substrate 12, with the part of local heating adhesive layer 30.LED and flash of light lamp source also can be used, they are arrived into adhesive layer 30 Absorb.Such as laser 158 can be used to local heating and aoxidize carbon-based adhesive layer 30.Periphery bonding 152 can pass through laser 158 promote the local heating of carbon-based adhesive layer 30, provide the bigger entrance to carbon-based adhesive layer 30 because it is close to flexible glass The periphery of glass substrate 20 and with less cross-sectional area (such as with the bonding phase through 12 whole width of flexible glass substrate Than).
Above-mentioned adhesive layer can provide inorganic adhesion method, and it is made it possible under existing equipment and manufacturing condition using thin soft Property glass substrate.Carrier substrate can reuse from different flexible glass substrates.Stack includes carrier substrate, flexible glass Substrate and adhesive layer, it is composable and then transports for being processed further.Or before transportation, can be assembled some or not Assemble stack.In order to which as carrier substrate, carrier substrate needs not to be original.For example, carrier substrate can be subjected to excessively bundling Or apply excessive striped so that they are not suitable for display device.It can avoid directly using thin substrate using carrier substrate The problem of, such as the scrobicula around vacuum hole and increased electrostatic problem.The height of adhesive layer can be with thin (for example, about 10 microns Or it is smaller, or about 1-100 microns), it is for example sagging that this can minimize flatness problem, and promotes to be used as through whole carrier Substrate apply continuous film, or Topical application for example around periphery.
It is unrestricted in order to explain in detailed description above, the illustrative embodiments of explanation detail are given, with Fully understanding to the various principles of the present invention is provided.But it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that from After this specification benefits, the present invention can be implemented according to the other embodiment different from detail described herein.In addition, this Text may save the description to well-known device, method and material, in order to avoid description of the interference to the various principles of the present invention. Finally, in the case of any be applicable, identical reference represents identical element.
Herein, scope can be expressed as beginning from " about " occurrence, and/or another occurrence stops to " about ". As statement during scope, another embodiment includes beginning from a certain occurrence and/or extremely another occurrence stops.Similarly, When it is approximation to use prefix " about " to represent numerical value, it should be appreciated that concrete numerical value is formed on the other hand.Should further it manage Solution, it is all meaningful when the end points of each scope is related and unrelated to another end points.
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Unless expressly stated otherwise, otherwise, should not be construed to any method as described herein must be according to specific suitable Sequence carries out its step.Therefore, in any way, when claim to a method is practically without stating the order that its step should follow When, or when not illustrating the step in addition in claim or description and should be limited to particular order, should not be inferred to Any particular order.Any possible explanation foundation being not explicitly described so is equally applicable to, including:On setting steps or The logic of operating process;The general sense obtained by syntactic structure or punctuate;The quantity or kind of embodiment described in specification Class.
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It should be emphasized that the above-mentioned embodiment of the present invention, particularly any " preferable " embodiment, are only to realize Embodiment, merely to be clearly understood that the present invention various principles and state.Can be not deviate substantively from the present invention's In the case of spiritual and various principles, many changes and adjustment are carried out to the above-mentioned embodiment of the present invention.All these changes It is intended to be included in modification in the range of specification and appended protection.

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1. a kind of method of processing flexibility glass substrate, this method comprise the following steps:
Stack of substrates overlapping piece is provided, it is adhered to the flexible glass substrate of carrier substrate including the use of inorganic bond layer, and this is inorganic viscous Layer recurring structure after energy input is received is closed to change;
It is supplied to inorganic bond layer to be used to trigger structural change energy input, this structural change reduces the viscous of inorganic bond layer Intensity, for flexible glass substrate to be separated from carrier substrate;
The structural change is included by the microcosmic of crystallization, the porosity of increase inorganic bond layer or increase inorganic bond layer Crackle, to reduce the adhesion strength of inorganic bond layer, while provide in inorganic bond layer and flexible glass substrate and carrier substrate It is at least one between cohesive bond;And
After the adhesion strength of inorganic bond layer is reduced, the adhesion failure of induction inorganic bond layer.
2. a kind of method of processing flexibility glass substrate, this method comprise the following steps:
Carrier substrate with glass support surface is provided;
Flexible glass substrate is provided, it has the first and second wide surfaces;
Using inorganic bond layer, by the glass support surface of the first of flexible glass substrate the wide surface bonding to carrier substrate;With
Change the structure of inorganic bond layer and reduce the adhesion strength between the flexible glass substrate and the carrier substrate, use In by flexible glass substrate from carrier substrate remove;
The structural change is included by the microcosmic of crystallization, the porosity of increase inorganic bond layer or increase inorganic bond layer Crackle, to reduce the adhesion strength of inorganic bond layer, while provide in inorganic bond layer and flexible glass substrate and carrier substrate It is at least one between cohesive bond, the structural change adds the etch selectivity of inorganic bond layer.
3. method as claimed in claim 2, it is characterised in that also include energy input being supplied to inorganic bond layer, be used for Adhesion strength between the structure and the reduction flexible glass substrate and carrier substrate of change inorganic bond layer.
4. the method as described in claim 1 or claim 3, it is characterised in that the energy input is heat energy or luminous energy, is incited somebody to action Inorganic bond layer is heated at least 250 DEG C of temperature.
5. such as the method any one of claim 1-3, it is characterised in that use laser or flash lamp local heating institute State inorganic bond layer.
6. such as the method any one of claim 1-3, it is characterised in that the inorganic bond layer is included only along flexibility The inorganic bonding material that the periphery of glass substrate is set, there is provided the unbonded region of flexible glass substrate.
7. the method as described in claim 1 or any one of claim 3, it is characterised in that be additionally included in and put forward energy input After supplying the inorganic bond layer, flexible glass substrate is removed from carrier substrate.
8. such as the method any one of claim 1-3, it is characterised in that the jointing material includes one or more Glass, glass ceramics, ceramics, carbon and silicon.
9. such as the method any one of claim 1 or claim 3, it is characterised in that the energy input is heat energy Or luminous energy, and methods described is including the jointing material to be heated to at least 250 DEG C of temperature without reducing bonding strength.
10. a kind of stack of substrates overlapping piece, it includes:
Carrier substrate with glass support surface;
Flexible glass substrate, it is supported by the glass support surface of the carrier substrate;With
Inorganic bond layer, the flexible glass substrate is adhered to the carrier substrate by it, and the inorganic bond layer includes bonding Material, the jointing material change structure and reduce the adhesion strength between flexible glass substrate and carrier substrate, for by flexibility Glass substrate removes from carrier substrate, while provides inorganic bond layer and at least one of flexible glass substrate and carrier substrate Between cohesive bond, the structural change adds the etch selectivity of inorganic bond layer;
The structural change includes the microfissure of crystallization, the porosity of increase inorganic bond layer or increase inorganic bond layer.
11. stack of substrates overlapping piece as claimed in claim 10, it is characterised in that the jointing material includes glass, glass ceramics At least one of with ceramics.
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